Confession of a co-accused, not required to be an oath and cannot be tested by cross examination
1. Is no evidence within the meaning of Section 3 of Evidence Act and cannot be the foundation of a conviction
2. The only limited use which can be made of a confession of a co-accused is by way of furnishing an additional reason for believing such other evidences as exists
3. It is a very weak type of evidence and is much weaker even than the evidence of an approver .
In the aforesaid propositions:
A. All 1, 2 and 3 are correct
B. Only 1 and 3 are correct
C. Only 1 and 2 are correct
D. Only 2 and 3 are correct
Answer: Option A

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